Jeb's new ad slams Trump for being a 'jerk'

Donald Trump is a jerk, Jeb Bush says in a new ad released by his campaign Thursday.

The minute-long spot, titled “Enough,” begins with a YouTube search of “Donald Trump is a Jerk.” A clip of the former Florida governor then plays, where he tells a crowd that Trump is a jerk.

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It then transitions into a November CNN segment with John Berman reporting that Trump mocked a reporter who had a disability. “You gotta see this guy. Ahh, I don’t know what I said,” Trump says while shaking and whirling his arms.

Concurrently, as Trump speaks, an image of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis — a chronic condition that limits arm movement — appears in a split screen.

The headline, “Jeb Bush and boy with cerebral palsy dine together before Pendleton rally,” then emerges above a video interview with the boy’s father, who’s wearing a “Jeb!” sticker.

“I have a 12-year-old son who’s handicapped. He has cerebral palsy, and that just made me so angry,” the father says. “And I told my wife I just couldn’t let that stand. I had to do something, make sure Donald Trump wasn’t the nominee for the Republican Party.”

The ad concludes with shots of Bush engaging people with disabilities as he talks about how precious life is before transitioning to him speaking at a recent rally, where he was asked why he called Trump a jerk.

“I think life is truly a gift from God, and we’re all equal under God’s watchful eye — that’s what I believe,” Bush says. “And when anybody — anybody — disparages people with disabilities, it sets me off. That’s why I called him a jerk. What kind of person would you want to have in the presidency that does that? What point do we say enough of this? Let’s start solving problems.”

The ad will air in New Hampshire, where Bush is currently polling sixth among Republicans in RealClearPolitics’ latest average of state polls.